Meeting of the big three eyed after Washington conference
London pressed yesterday for another meeting of Truman Attlee and Mackenzie King after the Washington talks. Attlee stressed United Nations unity as essential and public belief in direct UK US Russia leadership to solve crises in Europe and Asia. The piece notes wartime big three decisions often came from such summits and hints at possible Anglo American offensives.
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London
Washington
Truman
Attlee
Mackenzie King
Nee
Asia
America
United Nations
Russia
Messrs
Jalin
Barins
Stalin
Weed Prices Decline In The East Market Report
In the eastern flue cured belt several grades fell by 1 to 2 dollars per hundred pounds as the week ended, while other markets held steady. Eastern belt sales reached 388,898,477 pounds at an average of 43.84 dollars. old belt markets showed some increases with a season total of 198,190,493 pounds at 43.23 dollars. Middle belt quotations were firm with some normal fluctuations and cutters accounted for about a quarter of sales with season totals reaching 125,408,515 pounds at 24 dollars.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
Seats allocated for Nazi war crimes trials gallery
More than 300 newspapers and news agencies from over 30 nations receive gallery seats for the Nuernberg trials. The United States will send 70 to 90 correspondents, Britain about 50, France 40, and the Soviet Union 25 to 40. At least five German reporters from the U. S. zone will attend behind the press gallery.
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Mernberg
United States
Nuernberg
Britain
France
Soviet Union
U. S
Information Division
Shidehara Praises MacArthur in Tokyo Interview
Premier Kijuro Shidehara says General MacArthur moves fairly and effectively to end militarism and establish democracy in Japan. The 73 year old former diplomat notes occupation offers hope for freedom and lasting peace despite bitterness over defeat.
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Glenn Babe
Tokyo
Kijuro Shidehara
MacArthur
Japan
Shidehara
Washington
Manchuria
Pilot Narrowly Escapes Death In Shady Grove Plane Crash
Clayton Payne, son of Mr and Mrs Burch Payne of Winston-Salem, miraculously survived a plane crash in the Shady Grove area. The aircraft struck a high tension wire, burst into flames, and was destroyed. Payne suffered a broken leg, a broken arm, and facial injuries but is reported as stable. The wreck caused a power outage in a large area, and authorities say the pilot narrowly avoided electrocution.
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Thomasville
Clayton Payne
Burch Payne
Winston-Salem
Rt. 5
Shady Grove
Payne
City Memorial Hospital
High Point
Seek Way To End Labor Strife In United States
Washington November 10 labor delegates to President Truman's labor management conference pursued methods to end jurisdictional disputes. A committee offered no report but considered Schwellenbach's plan to appoint a labor czar. Informal reception was mixed as the group sought better machinery for unions to resolve conflicts, with meetings set for Sunday and Monday amid the Armistice Day holiday weekend.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Organized Labor
Strike Votes Back Demand for 30 Percent Wage Increase
CIO United Auto Workers leaders report strong majorities for a possible strike across General Motors Ford and Chrysler as wage talks pause with Ford voting 42 235 for and 3 951 against among 150 000 workers. Negotiations halted in Detroit and set to resume November 15.
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General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Cio-Uaw
Detroit
Prisoners Make Off In Stolen Automobile
Eight military prisoners escaped from Camp Peary near Wilneh after overpowering two marine guards. They fled in a stolen car toward Richmond around 9 am. Among those named were Charles H. Wright of Nashville Tennessee and Silas Henry Burgess of Baxter Tennessee as a widespread hunt continued.
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Norfolk
Camp Peary
Richmond
Fifth Naval District
Naval Training and Distribution Center
Wilne
Fifth District
Charles H. Wright
Nashville
Tenn
Silas Henry Burgess
Baxter
Congressman Granahan Joins Philadelphia Tobacco Picket
In Philadelphia 42 Congressman William T. Granahan joined a picket line at the American Tobacco plant where a work stoppage idles about 2,500 workers across Philadelphia Charleston and Trenton. CIO and allied workers say the wage increase demand aligns with the stalled 65 cent minimum wage bill in Washington.
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Philadelphia
William T. Granahan
D-Pa
American Tobacco Company
American Tobacco
Charleston
8. C
Trenton
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers of America
CIO
Washington
Granahan
Congress Has Military Problems
Washington reports a military minded congress as it reviews naval and war department merger statements by Lieut. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle. The secretary of the navy protests and senators plan to question General Dwight Eisenhower on the merger proposal amid universal training discussion.
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Max Hall
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of War
Jimmy Doolittle
Senate
Doolittle
War
Navy
Eisenhower
Dwight Eiisenhower
Congress
Yanks to withdraw from China in spring warns Wedemeyer
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer said U S forces would be withdrawn from China and that American troops would not be moved to aid the central government against dissidents. He spoke at Chungking and stressed resources would be redirected away from China in the coming spring.
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Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
United States
U. S
U S Ships Move Chinese Troops to North China Front
American transports carried troops of the Chinese eighth and eighteenth armies toward the North China trouble zone. Navy personnel from Haiphong reported two Chinese armies moved in ships, one likely to north China and another to Formosa, with trains trucks boats and foot travel.
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United States
North China
U.S. Army
Eighth Army
China
U. S. Navy
Haiphong
Indochina
Formosa
Kowloon
South China
Canton
Debarkation issues stall Chinese troop moves in Manchuria
General Wedemeyer said debarkation problems in Soviet secured Manchuria are a bilateral Chinese Soviet matter. He noted air movement for Chinese troops is limited to Chinese transport, while the US liquidation board handles surplus planes in China. Other sources estimated theater surplus at about 1 000 planes.
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Manchuria
Wedemeyer
Army Navy Liquidation Board
China
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Commission
Negro Pianist Cancels Press Club Dinner Appearance
Hazel Scott the Negro pianist cancels her appearance at the National Press Club annual dinner in Washington to honor President Truman after protests. She cites two precedents that hinder her from performing, including exclusion of Negro journalists from club and press galleries.
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Hazel Scott
Ane Janist
National Press Club
Press Club
Truman
Miss Scott
Rep
Powell
D-Ny
Constitution Hall
Washington D. A. R
American Newspaper Guild
House
Senate
Alumni Demand Fresh Leader for ECTC
Greenville alumni chapter of Eastern Carolina Teachers College adopted a resolution urging appointment of a new president with no prior ECTC ties. They also seek reinstatement of three discharged faculty, removal of acting president Howard J. McGinnis, and dissolution of the current trustee committee with a new panel. Meadows remains imprisoned for embezzlement and false pretense.
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Greenville
Eastern Carolina Teachers College
ECTC
Leon R. Meadows
Go Board of Trustees
Herbert Barker
E. L. Henderson
W. L. Wright
Meadows
Eisenhower Heads Home From Europe to Testify
General Eisenhower departed from Frankfurt for Paris and then the United States to appear before congressional committees. The move follows his European mission and precedes his testimony.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Eisenhower
Paris
United States
Majority Of Scientists On Bomb Were Under 35
Washington report notes two thousand scientists worked on the atomic bomb and most were under 35. An estimated 95 percent may be under 35, as pressure grows to recruit young physics talent from schools. Government, universities, and private industry will compete for experts in nuclear physics amid ongoing research and expanding facilities.
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Washington
Robert Marshak
University of Rochester
Marshak
Bombs and Shells Hit Soerabaja Naval Base As British Attack Opens
British Indian troops launched a full scale assault on Soerabaja to disarm Indonesian nationalists. British shells raked the naval base while planes strafed offices and government buildings. Indonesians began evacuating families as Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison announced the opening move amid fighting around the city.
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Batavia
Java
Soerabaja
Jogjakarta
Soebardjo
Islands
Coebardje
Attlee Heads to Washington for Atom Talks
Prime Minister Attlee arrived in Washington for atomic energy discussions with President Truman and Prime Minister King. Officials stressed the aim to discuss peaceful development and broader Anglo American relations amid Russia and Palestine questions.
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Attlee
Truman
MacKenzie King
National
England
Rentoumll
Britain
Stalin
White House
Canada
Russia
Release Man in Death Of Wife In Louisburg
Sheriff releases Merman Kearney 33 from custody in the death of Nellie Kearney 26 whose body was found October 28 in the Tar river. A second autopsy found no new evidence and toxicology showed no foul play. Kearney had proposed the overdose theory.
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Louisburg
John Moore
Merman Kearney
Nellie Kearney
Tar River
Moore
State Bureau of Investigation
Duke Hospital
Kearney
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